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to my dearest our czennies, mark hyung, our members, also myself, lets be happy together!🥹

how do i even explain grieving over someone who walked away just because he wanted to feel alive?

🐻: “i don’t really have the place to tell you all, ‘please support him’ or ‘please trust him.’ honestly, i don’t feel like i should say that. that’s truly your choice. but for me… since he’s making a decision that i might never be able to make in my lifetime, i think it’s really admirable, and at the same time, i worry about him too. still, i just hope that his choice turns out really, really well, that everything he wants comes true. and that the people who believed in that choice, including me, can also be happy. i think many czennies are still in the process of letting go… or trying to accept it. It took me a long time too. so rather than saying too much, i think it might be better for us to just let time pass.”

if mark leaving NCT taught me anything, it’s that i gotta have the courage to leave any situation even if it’s all i’ve known, even if it was subjectively “good,” and no matter how scary it seems because i need to honour what feels most authentic to myself.

We ain't angry at you, love You're the greatest thing we've lost

no amount or type of crack will hit the way the final verse of hello future does

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"I don't want to let you go, but I think it's also love if I let you go. " -jisung to mark NOBODY TOUCH ME IM SICK 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭💔💔💔💔💔

see you in another path, mark lee💔

their last group hug on stage as 7Dream 💔

every minute of today feels like this

JISUNG LIKED THIS VIDEO ON INSTAGRAM 😭😭😭😭

I've been thinking about the comparison between Mark and Heeseung's announcements. It's not that kpop group departures usually involve more closure — it's that the dreamies, who have faced losing Mark before and have spent a long time fighting to be together as a unit, are handling this in a uniquely transparent and empathetic way. The normal thing is official statements followed by member silence. The silence is a strategic industry standard, to protect everyone. It doesn't tell us anything about how the members feel. It only tells us the company's strategy. While I sincerely wish that Engenes could have had more closure in the way Belift handled Heeseung's departure, what I see in Mark's departure is something unique to NCT, rooted in the history of a fandom that has already faced the graduation system, lengthy periods of hiatus/inactivity, and losing members to both group transfers and scandals. Nctzens have been through a lot — from systems that would have had every member leave Dream, to the subunit performing without 2 key members due to overlap, to internal civil wars between Dream and 127, to learning on a random Wednesday in August that a main vocalist was leaving the senior subunit because he is a criminal. The dreamies and the rest of the neos know this better than anyone. Looking back on SM's history, the credit for the way this announcement is being handled should go to the members. Not the company. What we're seeing is a choice made by those boys against the grain of the industry. The dreamies and the neos made a deliberate choice to be open with their feelings and sensitive to the fans so that Nctzens could go through this transition as gracefully as possible, without the burden of unanswered questions and unacknowledged memories. I think it's really beautiful. They deserve credit for it. I hope it will become a new standard in the industry for situations like this. I wish Engenes could have had this kind of goodbye, but I also know this kind of goodbye is not typical. It's uniquely neo. And I think we can all cherish that.

i wish manila could have witnessed the seven of you in one stage at least once ☹️

“but you know there is something in the world that break beautifully” ❤️‍🩹

guys kalma lang kayo andito si mark lee sa pinas nakasakay siya sa jeep nakahiga

even the dream team lyrics for this part are suited for their situation 🥹 Go Now’s the time, let’z go Take your dream higher To the sky the 6 other members are encouraging mark to fly on his own now while they stay a little behind now, but still support his wings

“nothing lasts forever, but wishing for something to be forever is also a form of love. even if it hurts to let someone go, wanting to let them go is also love, I think.”

a few of mark's beautiful words over the years 🩵